The National Crime Insurance Bureau, an insurance industry group, recently released a report asserting that car theft rates dropped over last year. The FBI's launch of data from the preliminary crime report for 2011 found the same. Car theft, and thankfully almost all crimes, is steadily declining.
Crimes drop with car theft
Car theft is one of the most common types of property crime, but fortunately the trend in the past few years has been for car robberies, along with other offenses, to drop. The annual survey of car theft rates by the National Crime Insurance Bureau, according to MSNBC indicates that car theft declined in 2011. The NCIB is a research organization funded by the insurance industry, essentially the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety of property offenses.
Crimes drop with car theft
Car theft is one of the most common types of property crime, but fortunately the trend in the past few years has been for car robberies, along with other offenses, to drop. The annual survey of car theft rates by the National Crime Insurance Bureau, according to MSNBC indicates that car theft declined in 2011. The NCIB is a research organization funded by the insurance industry, essentially the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety of property offenses.
From 2009 to 2011, Laredo, Texas went from the worst city for car robberies in the country to the number 53 slot in 2011. There was a 53 percent decline in robberies from 1,792 to 849 vehicles, according to USA Today. It was the biggest decline seen during the time. Large cities are the only ones studied by the NCIB because they are where auto thefts are more popular.
West coast still the worst
Of the top 10 areas with the highest theft rates, six of them were located in rural California, including Vallejo-Fairfield, Stockton, Visalia Porterville, Fresno, Modesto, and Bakersfield-Delano. San Francisco was the only other area in California to get on the list. The Pacific coast is still the most dangerous place to be for car robberies.
Spokane and Yakima, both located in Washington State, were two of the other three cities. The last city on the list was on the east coast: Anderson, South Carolina.
The most vulnerable car to own, according to the NCIB is a Chevrolet Corvette, which has a theft rate of one in 10.
Hear from the FBI
Car theft reports are also done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation regularly, and the reports show the same thing as the NCIB shows. In 2010, there were 737,142 car thefts leading to $4.5 billion in losses because of theft. That was a .2 percent decrease from 2009, a 40 percent decrease from 2001 and a 60 percent decrease from 1991. There was another drop of 3.3 percent from 2010 to 2011. It seems the car robberies are going down, according to MSNBC.
From 2010 to 2011, there was no change in car theft rates in locations with a population between 250,000 and 499,999, indicating that medium-sized cities have car theft more often than other cities, according to 2011 stats. The NCIB's top 10 worst places are small to medium sized places, according to USA Today. All the other places saw decreases.
West coast still the worst
Of the top 10 areas with the highest theft rates, six of them were located in rural California, including Vallejo-Fairfield, Stockton, Visalia Porterville, Fresno, Modesto, and Bakersfield-Delano. San Francisco was the only other area in California to get on the list. The Pacific coast is still the most dangerous place to be for car robberies.
Spokane and Yakima, both located in Washington State, were two of the other three cities. The last city on the list was on the east coast: Anderson, South Carolina.
The most vulnerable car to own, according to the NCIB is a Chevrolet Corvette, which has a theft rate of one in 10.
Hear from the FBI
Car theft reports are also done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation regularly, and the reports show the same thing as the NCIB shows. In 2010, there were 737,142 car thefts leading to $4.5 billion in losses because of theft. That was a .2 percent decrease from 2009, a 40 percent decrease from 2001 and a 60 percent decrease from 1991. There was another drop of 3.3 percent from 2010 to 2011. It seems the car robberies are going down, according to MSNBC.
From 2010 to 2011, there was no change in car theft rates in locations with a population between 250,000 and 499,999, indicating that medium-sized cities have car theft more often than other cities, according to 2011 stats. The NCIB's top 10 worst places are small to medium sized places, according to USA Today. All the other places saw decreases.
The most vulnerable car to own, according to the NCIB is a Chevrolet Corvette, which has a theft rate of one in 10.
Hear from the FBI
Car theft reports are also done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation regularly, and the reports show the same thing as the NCIB shows. In 2010, there were 737,142 car thefts leading to $4.5 billion in losses because of theft. That was a .2 percent decrease from 2009, a 40 percent decrease from 2001 and a 60 percent decrease from 1991. There was another drop of 3.3 percent from 2010 to 2011. It seems the car robberies are going down, according to MSNBC.
From 2010 to 2011, there was no change in car theft rates in locations with a population between 250,000 and 499,999, indicating that medium-sized cities have car theft more often than other cities, according to 2011 stats. The NCIB's top 10 worst places are small to medium sized places, according to USA Today. All the other places saw decreases.
The biggest drop in car robberies was seen in metropolitan locations that had a 6.1 percent decrease in car robberies over 2011 on average. In other areas, that number was only 2.3 percent.
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Hear from the FBI
Car theft reports are also done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation regularly, and the reports show the same thing as the NCIB shows. In 2010, there were 737,142 car thefts leading to $4.5 billion in losses because of theft. That was a .2 percent decrease from 2009, a 40 percent decrease from 2001 and a 60 percent decrease from 1991. There was another drop of 3.3 percent from 2010 to 2011. It seems the car robberies are going down, according to MSNBC.
From 2010 to 2011, there was no change in car theft rates in locations with a population between 250,000 and 499,999, indicating that medium-sized cities have car theft more often than other cities, according to 2011 stats. The NCIB's top 10 worst places are small to medium sized places, according to USA Today. All the other places saw decreases.
The biggest drop in car robberies was seen in metropolitan locations that had a 6.1 percent decrease in car robberies over 2011 on average. In other areas, that number was only 2.3 percent.
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